Trading closed on Tuesday with the Junior Market enjoying broad based participation of stocks on the final day of the month and with the market index falling as the volume of stocks exchanged declined by 19 percent with a 24 percent decline in value from Monday with the market declining for the third straight day to end August just the July close.
Market activity led to 39 securities trading, up from 36 on Monday and ended with 13 stocks rising, 21 declining and five unchanged.
At the close, the Junior Market Index dropped 29.31 points to settle at 3,308.60 just short of the 3,322.77 points close for July. The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 11.6 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
A total of 14,966,257 shares traded for $42,120,614, down from 18,530,465 units at $55,498,597 on Monday. Future Energy Source led trading with 66.3 percent of total volume, after an exchange of 9.92 million shares, followed by Jamaican Teas 13 percent, with 1.94 million units and Lumber Depot 3.8 percent, with an exchange of 570,494 units.
Trading averaged 383,750 units at $1,080,016, short of 514,735 at $1,541,628 on Monday and month to date, an average of 464,471 units at $1,258,652, closely tracking 469,205 units at $1,269,129 on Monday. July closed with an average of 163,918 units at $481,755.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows six stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial advanced 45 cents to $21 trading 7,567 shares, AMG Packaging slipped 6 cents to $1.60 swapping ownership of 52,341 units, Cargo Handlers fell 10 cents to $8.40 with an exchange of 158,001 stock units. Caribbean Cream shed 30 cents to end at $5.40 with a transfer of 39,800 stocks, Dolphin Cove jumped $1.75 to $12 with 75,011 shares changing hands, Express Catering lost 6 cents to finish at $5.44 with 26,568 stock units traded. Fontana dipped 18 cents to $6 with 92,284 stocks passing through the market, Future Energy Source dropped 24 cents to $2.40 with an exchange of 9,922,250 shares, Honey Bun shed 50 cents to close at $8.50 with a transfer of 9,474 stocks. iCreate slipped 5 cents to 78 cents with 83,492 units changing hands, Iron Rock Insurance fell 38 cents to $3.50 trading 36,999 stocks units, Jamaican Teas popped 40 cents to $3.85, with 1,942,373 shares passing through the market.KLE Group lost 7 cents to $1.15 with an exchange of 1,111 units, Lasco Distributors rose 5 cents to $3.85 with a transfer of 10,499 stock units, Lasco Financial dropped 14 cents to $2.99 with 99,748 shares changing hands. Lasco Manufacturing advanced 17 cents to $4.99 with 8,405 stocks passing through the market, Limners and Bards jumped 58 cents to a 52 weeks’ close of $3.73 with an exchange of 308,947 stock units, Lumber Depot gained 10 cents to settle at $3 with a transfer of 570,494 units. Mailpac Group rose 8 cents to $3.76 with 165,147 shares changing hands, Main Event dropped 48 cents to $4.27 with investors switching ownership of 14,501 stock units, Medical Disposables rose 5 cents to $5.25 with an exchange of 16,263 stocks. Paramount Trading fell 14 cents to 96 cents with a transfer of 267,362 units, SSL Venture lost 10 cents to land at 64 cents with 55,051 stock units changing hands and tTech shed 59 cents to close at $4.20 with 237 shares crossing the exchange.

Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.